Workers at Seton Medical Center commence 2-day strike
Ryan Yamamoto reports on Seton Medical Center workers going on strike over health care benefits.
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Ryan Yamamoto reports on Seton Medical Center workers going on strike over health care benefits.
Vice President Kamala Harris made a historic appearance Thursday at a Minnesota women's reproductive health clinic that performs abortion services. It's believed to be the first time a sitting vice president or president has visited such a facility. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
President Biden has issued a budget proposal for a second term aimed at getting voters' attention with tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
In his State of the Union address Thursday, President Biden plans to urge Congress to focus on bringing down the price of prescription drugs for Americans.
A 15-year-old is facing a life-altering injury with a positive mindset and his community is rallying behind him. Max Darrow reports. (3-3-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
The San Francisco City Attorney's Office is defending its consumer protection investigation into U.S. News and World Report after the publication filed suit one day before it was supposed to hand over subpoenaed information.
Several small pharmacies in the Midwest and California reported problems filling prescriptions after an ongoing cybersecurity issue at Change Healthcare.
Black women in the United States are disproportionately at risk for maternal mortality — but experts in the Bay Area say change is coming.
Fifteen people accused of running a massive statewide insurance scam that cost their victims about $40 million were sentenced Tuesday in what is regarded as the largest medical fraud case ever prosecuted in Santa Clara County, prosecutors said.
California will soon become one of the first states to provide free health care to all low-income immigrants living in the state illegally.
Flovent, a popular asthma inhaler, will no longer be available in pharmacies as of January 1, but will replaced by a generic product.
The Adventist Health hospital chain will once again accept Blue Shield of California insurance after pulling out of the network earlier this month.
Medical professionals are expecting another winter with the so-called tripledemic of COVID-19, the flu and RSV. Max Darrow reports. (12-3-23)
An alternative California mental health court has received more than 100 petitions after seven counties began the program in October.
A retired teacher with diabetes struggles to afford her medication despite having health coverage. "I have to decide between eating" and paying for drugs, she said.
The law Gov. Newsom signed Friday will raise health care workers' minimum wage to $25 per hour over the next decade.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two major pieces of legislation to transform the state's mental health system and to address the state's worsening homelessness crisis.
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are walking picket lines at hundreds of hospitals and medical centers across the U.S.
A study led by Stanford Medicine found that a single genetic factor could provide some people with a level of protection against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. CBS News Bay Area anchor Elizabeth Cook talks to Emmanuel Mignot, PhD, Professor of Sleep Medicine at Stanford and one of the study's senior authors, about how that single genetic factor could work to serve as protection, and if this means there could be some sort of link between Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
California lawmakers have voted to strengthen eviction protections for renters, closing an existing loophole allowing landlords to circumvent the state's rent cap.
Two new studies from the Stanford University School of Medicine revealed significant differences between races in rates of birth complications caused by high blood pressure and anemia during pregnancy.
A summer rise in COVID-19 cases has led to an increase in hospitalizations and deaths from the disease nationwide. As Elaine Quijano reports -- health officials are suggesting Americans "mask up" this Labor Day weekend.
A new clinical trial is underway for a drug doctors say could revolutionize the treatment they can offer people suffering from strokes. Max Darrow reports (9-1-23)
Traveling Tails is a program that brings miniature horses into children's hospice and care homes. Juliette Goodrich reports. (8-31-23)
California will provide close to $300 million in loans to 17 hospitals in the state including some in the Bay Area, Gov. Newsom announced Thursday.
